Accordingly, Bac Giang voters reported that National Highway 37 in Bac Giang province is currently very small, narrow, and degraded, while traffic volume, especially heavy-duty vehicles, is increasing.
Voters requested the Ministry of Transport to soon invest in upgrading and expanding National Highway 37 to meet the transportation and travel needs of people in Bac Giang province and other provinces and cities in the region.
Responding to this issue, the Ministry of Transport said that according to the road network planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, National Highway 37 has a total length of about 564km, a level IV-III road scale, with 2-4 lanes.
Currently, the section passing through Bac Giang province is about 61km long, of which the section Km18 - Km46 is a level IV road with 2 lanes.
"Due to resource difficulties, it is not possible to allocate capital to invest in the route in the 2021 - 2025 period.
The Ministry of Transport acknowledges the voters' recommendations. In the process of developing a medium-term public investment plan for the 2026-2030 period, based on the ability to balance resources and the principles of capital allocation according to regulations, the Ministry of Transport will study and report to the competent authority to invest in the National Highway 37 section through Bac Giang province according to the planning scale.
In the condition that investment in the route has not yet been implemented immediately, in the immediate future, the Ministry of Transport continues to direct the Vietnam Road Administration to strengthen maintenance and repair work from road maintenance resources to ensure traffic safety for people and vehicles participating in traffic on the route.
